I had to make homemade chicken and dumplings. Because as if overnight (and I’m keen to think that’s how it happened) it would seem as if the season has changed. Just last week I was roasting in the summer sun as I picked the ripe tomatoes from the vine, only to find myself bundled in

It’s funny, but here on the farm, meat doesn’t come in packages. “Whole, skinless, boneless, chicken breasts”. Nope. And as convenient as that would be at times, it just ain’t the way the good Lord designed in. Chickens come with: 2 wings 2 legs and 2 thighs 2 breasts 2 “oysters” 2 feet 1 neck

I’ve been having so much fun creating recipes for my new cookbook is should be illegal. Ma’am, you’re under arrest for finding far too much joy in that chicken thigh dish. Please step away from the spatula. On top of the food being downright delicious, it’s been wonderful to harvest so much of it from

WARNING: PHOTOS OF BUTCHERING CHICKENS FOLLOW. KNIVES. BLOOD. DEATH. PROCEED WITH DISCRETION. The first of many harvests took place this weekend, as it was time to send our beloved (or rather, tolerated) meat chickens to the freezer. It’s never a day I look forward to – taking the life of an animal brings me no